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I'm confused - Is this steam RMTing?

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virm pasuul
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2014-08-26 18:41:38 UTC
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8500/

The little add-on DLC packs for 1.99/3.99 are in game Eve assets for real life cash.
Didn't a well know gambling site just get the banhammer for that?
What's the difference?
Carmen Electra
AlcoDOTTE
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#2 - 2014-08-26 18:47:38 UTC
Absolutely Not Analt
Carebears on Fire
#3 - 2014-08-26 18:48:34 UTC
virm pasuul wrote:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8500/

The little add-on DLC packs for 1.99/3.99 are in game Eve assets for real life cash.
Didn't a well know gambling site just get the banhammer for that?
What's the difference?



I assume the difference is that Steam and CCP have a contractual agreement that specifically allows them to do this which operates outside the purview of the EULA and TOS.

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Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#4 - 2014-08-26 18:54:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Ima Wreckyou
If Falcon gets in on the case they may close down Steam over this

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virm pasuul
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2014-08-26 18:54:35 UTC
Can other people get one of those?
Absolutely Not Analt
Carebears on Fire
#6 - 2014-08-26 18:56:26 UTC
virm pasuul wrote:
Can other people get one of those?


Send an email to their legal department and ask.
I'd have some kind of business plan on hand before you do though.

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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#7 - 2014-08-26 18:59:45 UTC
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
I Falcon get's in on the case they may close down Steam over this

Confirming that Gabe is very distraught over this. He might release Half Life 3 early to cover up the fallout from this incident.

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Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#8 - 2014-08-26 19:01:34 UTC
For the OP, because he seams confused:

Steam is not a ingame entity who sells his ISK stash. It is a CCP business partner, not a player run site.

Evil RatKid
RomeStar
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#9 - 2014-08-26 19:05:57 UTC
What a rip off. Someone please tell them all those DLC packs are way overpriced. Just download the game from CCP.

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Rowells
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2014-08-26 19:13:22 UTC
I imagine steam has the permission/rights to do this seeing as they already have the permission/rights/license to sell the game itself. I think....maybe.
Himnos Altar
An Errant Venture
#11 - 2014-08-26 19:13:40 UTC
virm pasuul wrote:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8500/

The little add-on DLC packs for 1.99/3.99 are in game Eve assets for real life cash.
Didn't a well know gambling site just get the banhammer for that?
What's the difference?




The real issue is paying 2-5 bucks for:

Heron/skillbooks/1 core probe launcher, 16 probes/only 3 salvage drones, and some clothes. If the whole thing is worth even 100M I'd be shocked. It probably doesn't cost even 50M SP.

good on Steam for proving P.T. Barnum correct once again.
shimiku
Zircron Industries
#12 - 2014-08-26 19:17:19 UTC
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
For the OP, because he seams confused:

Steam is not a ingame entity who sells his ISK stash. It is a CCP business partner, not a player run site.


its might be true its a ccp business partner but that dont make it any better that they sell ingame item for money
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#13 - 2014-08-26 19:18:28 UTC
It looks like a steam add-on pack, and smells like a steam add-on pack, but it tastes like a contract in jita.

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Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#14 - 2014-08-26 19:27:06 UTC
shimiku wrote:
its might be true its a ccp business partner but that dont make it any better that they sell ingame item for money

Maybe the discussion should be if it is a good idea if CCP spawns items other than PLEX for money in the sandbox. But since it is not a player selling the ISK or assets he acquired ingame like in somer's case (people send them ISK) or that of any other illegal real money trader it is not the same issue.

Evil RatKid
virm pasuul
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#15 - 2014-08-26 19:38:52 UTC
it feels inconsistant
GreenSeed
#16 - 2014-08-26 19:40:19 UTC
that's old, please go find something else to get offended over.
Faeana
iD00M
#17 - 2014-08-26 19:41:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Faeana
If it's a pack that they are reselling on behalf of CCP, the items are created by CCP, then it's not rmt.

However if the items they are selling were farmed in game by players, it is RMT.
Jim Era
#18 - 2014-08-26 19:51:39 UTC
Faeana wrote:
If it's a pack that they are reselling on behalf of CCP, the items are created by CCP, then it's not rmt.

However if the items they are selling were farmed in game by players, it is RMT.


So its only RMT when somebody works for it.

weird.

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Paranoid Loyd
#19 - 2014-08-26 19:53:18 UTC
This may be the dumbest thread I have read on this forum and that says a lot. Ugh

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Tyrone Arran
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2014-08-26 19:53:40 UTC
Steam is not selling their in-game assets for real world money (RMT). They are selling a add-on pack where CCP will gift the listed items to the buyer.
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